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Too cold for school?

Wow, really? I was watching the ticker last night, and all of the big schools-urban and suburban are closed today due to the cold, not bad weather just the cold. WHAT??????????

People are becoming soft. I listened to the Ankeny Superintendent last night and he gave a very politically correct protect-put everyone in a plastic bubble answer. Guess what, probably 80% of the small rural schools are open today (with a typical 2 hr delay) even in northern Iowa where it is 10-15 degrees colder than Des Moines.

Re: Too cold for school?

Wow, really? I was watching the ticker last night, and all of the big schools-urban and suburban are closed today due to the cold, not bad weather just the cold. WHAT??????????

People are becoming soft. I listened to the Ankeny Superintendent last night and he gave a very politically correct protect-put everyone in a plastic bubble answer. Guess what, probably 80% of the small rural schools are open today (with a typical 2 hr delay) even in northern Iowa where it is 10-15 degrees colder than Des Moines.

Re: Too cold for school?

Yeah, people will complain that their kids don't have to go to school because of "a little cold", but once something bad happens, they'll do a 180 and say "well what'd you make them go to school for!" Like jay moe said, better to err on the side of caution.

Re: Too cold for school?

It was cold, but my god!!!! Put on some clothes and its really not that nad

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Re: Too cold for school?

Originally Posted by Cardinal&Gold11

It was cold, but my god!!!! Put on some clothes and its really not that nad

Are you ******* serious? What do you mean itís really not that bad? We are at near record lows in Central Iowa, with a lot of cities across Iowa today reaching RECORD LOWS! That means that it has never been this cold since records have been kept for weather. I would consider that beyond bad!

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